Sport

■ REVIEW: Fly Patterns By Fishing Guides
Best choice for hunter gatherers

NZ books, Sport

As Southland’s army of fly fishermen prepare to match their wits against the wily brown and rainbow species of our world-famous waters, their insatiable appetite for more knowledge that might deceive trout will prosper from reading this exceptional literary morsel. Southlander Murray Orr is one of many acknowledged experts and guides from all over the […]

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■ REVIEW: Out of the Rough
Painful breakups all round after infidelities

People, Sport

Steve Williams has something of an unusual claim to fame, being famous both here in New Zealand and abroad for being the man behind the champ. Sort of the power behind the throne. He’s one of New Zealand’s most well-known, and most well-paid, sportsmen. Which is quite an achievement when his sporting prowess doesn’t involve

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■ REVIEW: Rod Laver A Memoir
Aussie tennis ace Laver deemed the best of the best

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Who would dare question tennis icon Roger Federer’s assessment of the greatest players of the sport in his time? Federer’s plumping for Laver as “the greatest champion our sport has known” will be widely accepted wherever the game is played. Federer, after all, has been dubbed the greatest player and game’s traditionalist of the modern

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■ REVIEW: Born to be a Fighter
Fighter throws gloves in for disabled

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Denny Enright has done his Southland family proud and is rendering disabled babies, children and adults from his home province generous assistance with the publication of his first book that was 25 years in the making when it was published last year. The 1970 New Zealand champion light welterweight boxer – now of Mt Maunganui

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■ REVIEW: Beginners Guide To Hunting and Fishing in New Zealand
Magnificently illustrated guide for learners

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Southland’s all-aged army of hunters and fishermen will prosper from a wealth of useful information in this commendable textbook on recreational pursuits in the great outdoors. A former Wairarapa school principal, author Paul Adamson has gone to considerable lengths in focusing on clarity and simplicity for newcomers but also refreshing the knowledge of seasoned hunters

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■ REVIEW: New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame
Book pays homage to our sporting heroes

Sport

Following on from the author’s earlier New Zealand Hall of Fame book, this does something that very few other “best Kiwi sporty types” books fail to do: it covers a variety of sports. I’m a proud Kiwi, so naturally I’m a rugby fan. But there are other incredible New Zealand sportspeople out there, doing us

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